Standoff between Éire Óg GAA club and Ovens residents over plans for new pitches

Residents claim the proposed development will interfere with an established right of way as well as having an adverse impact on the use, enjoyment and residential amenities of their homes. File picture: Inpho/James Crombie

A planning row has broken out between a GAA club and some local residents in Ovens over plans for new pitches at its grounds.

Several residents have appealed the recent decision of Cork County Council to grant planning permission to Éire Óg GAA club for the construction of two new grass pitches as well as the installation of two high-ball retention nets at the club’s grounds at Knockanemore, Ovens.